New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-05

pie gave me some money an / bougl 1
this little house an piece of land /
That was tWinty. wears ago, an lSS
WASH worth much, for there was noi
house widin mile j used to got
into the city washin, carryin'
Mickey on me back while he was little, |
though me poor leg 1alver stopped !
achin' from NORM till night. Imish 8
have married again, but / wouldn 4,
have amy man after Larry, not it a
murracie brought him to me-not If
he came out av the taypot wild the
tay. Mickey was ne Joy and trissure,
wild his blue ewes an tangle av yellow
curls. But whin he was about tin
years ould he began runnin' away
from school, an fiehtin' an slnokin'
an jerkln' at me scar an me limp; an !
after q year or two he knew the taste
av wl1iskey betther than milk. He's
been gettin' worse iver since, an
that's why l say me patch av a gar, Z
den has been my only pleasure these
tin years. God knows where it will
end. His grandfather robbed me a :
me stringth, his father av me beauty,
an now suppose Mickey'll take NJ >
life
"Oh, don't speak so!' | cried, quite
shocked.
It's more than likely" said Mrs.
Muivany, with resignation ''Pve /
had a close shave for my life twice, ye
know, and they say three times an
out. Alickey'll finish me, / expect.
.Ye see me black eye? He gave
it to me the other night
"rhe wretch!' Why did he do such
a thing?'' ] cried:
"Oh. we had bit OF dispute" said
Mrs. Mulvany calmly He wants
me to sell here, an l won't. I'd like
to, for I'm lonely; ye're the only lady
round !lere who s liver given me agood
word or look. I'd like to go down to
Lewiston among me ould friends an
neighbors, though they mostly
dead. I'd like to sit by the river at
sunset, whin the clouds an wather
are both yellow together, an fancy
mesself q girl again, rowin' over to-
Queenstown with Larry to be mar
ried. But Mickey I'D git livery dollar
away from me.'
"No, no! Pm sure it could be ar
ranged I said eagerly. my hus-
band is honest as the day is long. and
he's in a bank and understands all
about money, and I'm certain he
could tell you how to sell your prop
erty and buy house and lot in
Lewiston without letting Mickey
know q word about it. Please come
up and see him about it tonight
II Wilt will, an thank ye kindly
for yor interest in me-" said Mrs,
Mulvany, with something like hope in
her eyes.
And then / gathered up my flowers
and went home.
OF course it would be easy to do, /
thought; she should be free from
the haunting terror of Mickey, which
could see embittered her life, and
she could go and sit on the rivers
brink, dreaming herself back in that
happy hour when, had she known
them, she. might have sung Falconer's
pretty lines::
"Float! float! into the glowing sunset floatl
All golden ia the river now, and golden is
our Doat!"
But that afternoons paper con-
tanned this item:
GAS we 60 to press word reaches us
OF q shocking murder in Cyclamen
avenue. Michael Mulvany, young
man who lives in the only
shabby house in that beautiful thor
oughfare, came home to dinner intox-
icated. and asked his mother for some
money. She replied that she would
give it to him as soon as she finished
cutting the bread. whereupon he
snatched the knife she was using from
her and stabbed her to the heart.
Full particulars and stories OF eye
witnesses give1a In next edition"